DONALD Trump and Vladimir Putin have carried out another round of crunch talks in a bid to quell the threat of North Korea amid fears of World War 3 breaking out.

Kim Jong-un’s repeated back and forth with the US President has led to fears of conflict erupting on the Korean peninsula that could bring superpowers China, Russia and the US to the brink of war.

Now Russian President Mr Putin, who has long criticised the Republican firebrand’s approach to the hermit kingdom, has reached out to Donald Trump to quell the North Korean crisis in an hour-long phone call.

A Kremlin aide confirmed the two discussed the ever-growing Korean crisis, as well as middle east tensions.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ahead of the call earlier today that the conversation would also focus on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's visit to Russia which he made on Monday.

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Russia has long claimed the US approach of political pressure on North Korea is wasted effort

About 700 demonstrators protested in Berlin, Germany against the current escalation of threat of nuclear attack between the United States of America and North Korea

An activist pretends to punch another wearing a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump next to a model of a nuclear rocket

“We must admit that this operation allowed us to promote a political settlement in Syria.”

The despot added he was counting on Russia’s support to find a political settlement in the war-torn nation.

He said: ”We count on Russia's support to ensure that external players do not interfere in the political process and that from the outside they only support the process that the Syrians themselves will lead.”